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Different Like Me : A Book for Teens Who title: Worry About Their Parents Use of Alcohol/drugs author: Leite, Evelyn.; Espeland, Pamela publisher: Hazelden Publishing isbn10 | asin: 093590834X print isbn13: 9780935908343 ebook isbn13: 9780585156224 language: English Children of alcoholics--Juvenile literature, Alcoholics--Family relationships--Juvenile subject literature, Alcoholism--Juvenile literature, Alcoholism, Drug abuse. publication date: 1987 lcc: HV5132.L45 1987eb ddc: 362.292/3 Children of alcoholics--Juvenile literature, Children of alcoholics--Juvenile literature, Alcoholics--Family relationships--Juvenile subject: literature, Alcoholism--Juvenile literature, Alcoholism, Drug abuse. Page i Different Like Me A Book For Teens Who Worry About Their Parents Use Of Alcohol/Drugs by Evelyn Leite and Pamela Espeland Johnson Institute Books Minneapolis 1987 Page ii Copyright © 1987 by the Johnson Institute. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express permission in writing from the publisher. Published by Johnson Institute Books, 7151 Metro Blvd., Minneapolis, MN 55439 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Leite, Evelyn. Different like me. Summary: Suggestions and advice for teens with alcohol or drug dependent parents. 1. Children of alcoholic parentsJuvenile literature. 2. AlcoholicsFamily relationships- Juvenile literature. 3. AlcoholismJuvenile literature. [1. Alcoholism. 2. Drug abuse] I. Espeland, Pamela, 1951-II. Title. HV5132.L45 1986 362.2'92 86-33818 ISBN 0-935908-34-X PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Cover Design and Illustration: MacLean & Tuminelly Text Illustrations: Caroline Price Page iii Dedication To Lonny, Robert, Scott, Virginia, Jeff, Vicki, Jay, Susan, Rene, Tracy, Edith, Tony, Wendy, Jerry, Todd, Tim, Amy, Willie, and Paula. You are all very special people who deserve the best life has to offer. "Jesus loves me this I know" I learned that song a long time ago. I forgot it for awhile. And I forgot how to smile. The pain of living was so intense, Nothing in life made any sense. I wanted to live, I wanted to die, I hurt so bad, I couldn't cry. I felt so mad I wanted to spit, and scream and cry and hit and hit. The pain so deep, so quiet lay, I couldn't leave, I couldn't stay. Thanks to love, I learned what to do. And thanks to love, so can you. E.L. To the members of all our families. And especially to Roger, the recovering father of my son. P.L.E. Page iv Acknowledgments Many thanks to Meryl Tullis, a wonderful woman who taught me how to turn fear into surrender and despair into gratitude. E.L. Thanks also to Carole, who brought us together so this book could be done. P.LE. Page v Contents Introduction 1 What This Book Is About 5 Different Like Me 6 If you are living with one or more chemically dependent 7 parents, you are not alone If you are living with one or more chemically dependent 9 parents, your family is special You may not believe this at first, but it's true 11 How do we know that chemical dependence is a disease? 13 Important 15 Myth/Fact 17 What happens to people who have the disease of chemical 19 dependence? Myth/Fact 21 What causes the disease of chemical dependence? 23 Myth/Fact 25 What doesn't cause the disease of chemical dependence? 27 What else definitely doesn't cause the disease of chemical 29 dependence? Myth/Fact 31 Can the disease of chemical dependence be cured? 33 Myth/Fact 35 Myth/Fact 37 Page vi Clues to the presence of chemical dependence 39 More clues to the presence of chemical dependence 41 How can you make chemically dependent persons stop 43 using alcohol/drugs? Stop denying the problem 45 Stop blaming yourself for the problem 47 Stop trying to cover up the problem 49 When the going gets rough, get going! 51 Your parents' chemical dependence can make you sick 53 Clues to the presence of co-dependence 55 Co-dependent roles 57 Co-dependent behaviors and how to change them 59 More co-dependent behaviors and how to change them 61 Still more co-dependent behaviors and how to change them 63 Healthy ways to vent your anger 65 Sharing the secret 67 The power of prayer 69 The high costs of alcohol/drug abuse 71 The deadly experiment 73 The grisly facts about drunk driving 75 What are we doing about drunk drivers? 77 How other countries handle drunk drivers 79
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